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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Netherlands	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	15,817	78
Dec 31, 2000	15,932	79
Dec 31, 2001	16,052	80
Dec 31, 2002	16,155	81
Dec 31, 2003	16,231	82
Dec 31, 2004	16,288	83
Dec 31, 2005	16,326	84
Dec 31, 2006	16,352	85
Dec 31, 2007	16,388	86
Dec 31, 2008	16,452	87
Dec 31, 2009	16,536	87
Dec 31, 2010	16,621	88
Dec 31, 2011	16,699	89
Dec 31, 2012	16,761	90
Dec 31, 2013	16,810	91
Dec 31, 2014	16,871	92
Dec 31, 2015	16,946	92
Dec 31, 2016	17,036	93
Dec 31, 2017	17,137	94
Dec 31, 2018	17,238	95
Dec 31, 2019	17,351	96
Dec 31, 2020	17,448	97
Dec 31, 2021	17,539	98
Dec 31, 2022	17,709	98

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

No separate list is published for Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.